Alzheimer’s Association’s Free Workshops Provide Tips for Healthy Aging

The Alzheimer’s Association, West Virginia Chapter will host several Healthy Habits for a Healthier You workshops across the Kanawha Valley during the month of June, as June is Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month. This workshop covers four areas of lifestyle habits associated with healthy aging: cognitive activity, physical health and exercise, diet and nutrition, and social…

Dairy Barn Art Center’s Athens Voices USA 2015 on Exhibit at Concord University

Concord University’s Arthur Butcher Art Gallery will be hosting “Athens Voices USA 2015” June 1 through July 22.  The 7th Biennial national juried exhibition features mixed media art produced by artists that live or work within 30 miles of seven “Athens” communities in the United States. The collection includes works from 48 talented “Athens” artists…

WV Higher Education Policy Commission Adopts Reverse Transfer Policy Aimed at Advancing Degree Completion

The West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission (Commission) voted unanimously to approve a reverse transfer policy that facilitates degree completion. The procedural rule allows students who have transferred from a community college to a four-year institution, prior to receiving their associate degree, to be awarded an associate degree from the two-year college after earning enough…

Kindermusik Program Returns to Marshall University Speech and Hearing Center June 13

Kindermusik, an internationally recognized program that promotes childhood development through music, will be offered by the Marshall University Speech and Hearing Center beginning June 13. Every lesson is embedded with developmental milestones children should be aiming toward, according to Carrie Wellman, licensed Kindermusik teacher and a 2013 graduate of the university’s Department of Communication Disorders.…